20-03-2012, 01:48 PM
Last 4 days of running has been interesting...My HR was fairly elevated (relative to the easy runs of the last month and a half), and my legs just felt heavy and tired. Could this be the stress of that 5k run? Seems unlikely. Though, over the last 4 days things got better and better and today my 30min/6k easy run was back to 'normal' pretty much in terms of both my HR,pace and general feeling of things actually being easy.
Think I could have benefitted from a rest day in there? Or is that normal/ok to feel more tired/higher HR following a tough exertion?
Anyway..todays easy run feeling easy again gives me confidence and lifts my ...'mood' as far as the 5x2k tomorrow.
Going to see how hot it is tomorrow when i wake up...see if i want to hike over to the track, or do the session on the tread mill...outdoors would probably be better for me...though, i suspect i might post slower/more inconsistent times so i am kinda trying to talk myself out of that. LOL. Pathetic...i know.
Yeah...35min in a year...might be silly to think about/worry about that. Though, i do wonder if thats possible. Any thoughts?
If I need to hit 6:50/2km consistently on the 5x2k, to imply a 35min 10k, then...:
52 weeks == 17.3 cycles. Say 12 cycles allowing for a few cycles off (as per your off training period recommendations ) to be conservative.
Currently running the 2km's in 4:00/km speed.
Need to drop that to 3:25/km. An improvement of 35s.
So 35/12 = ~3s/km/cycle improvement needed.
Hmm...yeah...best not to worry about that now...
lol
...then i figure i need to drop my /km time on those intervals by about 2s/km/cycle...allowing
Think I could have benefitted from a rest day in there? Or is that normal/ok to feel more tired/higher HR following a tough exertion?
Anyway..todays easy run feeling easy again gives me confidence and lifts my ...'mood' as far as the 5x2k tomorrow.
Going to see how hot it is tomorrow when i wake up...see if i want to hike over to the track, or do the session on the tread mill...outdoors would probably be better for me...though, i suspect i might post slower/more inconsistent times so i am kinda trying to talk myself out of that. LOL. Pathetic...i know.
Yeah...35min in a year...might be silly to think about/worry about that. Though, i do wonder if thats possible. Any thoughts?
If I need to hit 6:50/2km consistently on the 5x2k, to imply a 35min 10k, then...:
52 weeks == 17.3 cycles. Say 12 cycles allowing for a few cycles off (as per your off training period recommendations ) to be conservative.
Currently running the 2km's in 4:00/km speed.
Need to drop that to 3:25/km. An improvement of 35s.
So 35/12 = ~3s/km/cycle improvement needed.
Hmm...yeah...best not to worry about that now...
lol
...then i figure i need to drop my /km time on those intervals by about 2s/km/cycle...allowing